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	<title>Something to write home about...</title>
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	<description>Thoughts and tips from the List.</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Financial framework</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The economic crisis isn&#8217;t an abstract notion for anyone who lives near or routinely drives by a housing development that, until recently, hummed with activity.

Newly developed neighborhoods that rose from cornfields and vacant land have suddenly been idled by builders out of money and out of credit.
Read more from my most recent article in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scam alert!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to quickly pass along a scam I recently heard about. I&#8217;m always hesitant about what&#8217;s a &#8220;scam&#8221; and what&#8217;s a &#8220;rumor,&#8221; but someone in the department&#8217;s mom had this happen to her earlier today.
The scam: Someone who claims to be from the IRS calls to report a &#8220;problem,&#8221; and they need your Social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Odds and ends</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Our report drive is officially over (whew!) and we collected a record number of reports: 79,400!

 
That&#8217;s a lot of List love, which makes me incredibly happy. Thanks to everyone who participated.Here are some quick stats on the prizes:

1,653 of our members qualified for a Flip video camera
Chicago member Kinsey Jackson Ford won the NPR [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The writing on the (bathroom) wall</title>
		<link>http://www.angiehicksblog.com/the-writing-on-the-bathroom-wall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Odds are, you&#8217;ve seen it. I know I have, scrawled (or scratched) on the walls of the bathroom stall: phone numbers, names, declarations of love or hate. Bathroom graffiti.
Is it just me, or does it seem a little weird that as someone is in the bathroom they&#8217;re hit with an overwhelming urge to send anonymous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Wishmakers project</title>
		<link>http://www.angiehicksblog.com/new-wishmakers-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Angie&#8217;s List Wishmakers program brings together local companies and local neighbors in need of a hand. We’re teaming up this year with Sterling-based DryHome Roofing &#38; Siding Inc.’s annual &#8220;Free Roof for the Holidays&#8221; project.
If you know a deserving family or business in Northern Virginia please let Angie&#8217;s List and DryHome Roofing &#38; Siding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CSST: My article in the Tampa Trib</title>
		<link>http://www.angiehicksblog.com/csst-my-article-in-the-tampa-trib/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Living in the lightning capital of the United States, Hillsborough County residents may not give it much thought when storm clouds roll in. But one in four could be harboring a fire risk that makes one well-placed lightning bolt especially dangerous.
Read more.
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		<title>Getting ready for turkey &#038; stuffing</title>
		<link>http://www.angiehicksblog.com/getting-ready-for-turkey-stuffing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been busy making all the annual holiday plans&#8211;where I&#8217;m going, what I&#8217;m bringing and how I&#8217;m getting there.
This is always the most stressful time of the year, in part because just when I think I have everything figured out, new things pop up completely unanticipated.
I&#8217;m looking forward to the few days where I&#8217;ll get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My own toilet issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My column from the November issue of the magazine.
My husband and I purchased a 1920s home a few years ago, and we were both shocked when the inspection report came back with only one red flag – a loose toilet in the half bathroom.
Actually, half bathroom is an overstatement; this house took powder room literally. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday gift memberships</title>
		<link>http://www.angiehicksblog.com/holiday-gift-memberships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s just into November and I&#8217;ve already got my holiday shopping list made out.
You know those people that you have no idea what to get them? We&#8217;ve all got them on our lists. Why not give them the List?
Through the end of the year, Angie&#8217;s List gift memberships are on sale, which means you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing the Whiskey Hill Initiative project</title>
		<link>http://www.angiehicksblog.com/introducing-the-whiskey-hill-initiative-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Oesterle, the CEO of Angie&#8217;s List, just finished a great press conference!
He introduced the &#8220;Whiskey Hill Initiative&#8221; project, which is incredibly exciting, and I&#8217;ll explain more later in the post, but first it might help to know a little about the List&#8217;s background.  
The List&#8217;s headquarters are in the Historic Holy Cross neighborhood [...]]]></description>
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